Department of American Studies

Monthly News Digest

November 2009

Events

Friday, October 30

Hannah Frank

"Sound Practices in Late Twenties and Early Thirties Animated Cartoons; Or, How Do Skeletons Speak When They Have No Lips or Tongues?"
3:30 PM in E105 AJB

Peter Stallybrass, Ida Beam Visiting Professor
Thursday, Oct. 29, 7:30 pm, Shambaugh Auditorium
“Why We Need to Know How to Write”

Friday, Oct. 30, 4:00 pm, 304 EPB
“The Blank History of the Blank Book”

Naked Lunch @ 50. An Anniversary Celebration

Monday, November 2, 7 PM. Prairie Lights Bookstore. A Collaborative Reading featuring Stephen Kuusisto and Cheeni Rao. Hosted by Loren Glass.

Tuesday, November 3, 9 PM. The Mill. A Musical Tribute featuring Lwa, Datagun, Supersonic Piss, Shitty Wizard, and the Killer Apps

Friday, November 13

Floating Friday

Corey Creekmur

"Race, Revision, and Revenge: Alternate American Histories of the Black Superhero"
4:00, 704 Jefferson Building

The Task Force on Public Outreach and Civic Engagement public forums

Wednesday, November 04, 3:00 PM-4:00 PM, 2520D UCC
Tuesday, November 10, 1:00 PM-2:00 PM, 2117 MERF

News

November 5 - first deposit of finished, completed thesis

November 10 - last day for graduate students to drop without penalty of "F" grade

Center for Teaching Workshops for TAs
http://centeach.uiowa.edu/services/TATraining.shtml.

Graduate Students

“Writing Productivity” workshop
Dr. Susan Johnson (Assoc. Provost for Faculty)
Monday November 2, 3:30 – 5:00 pm. The room location will be determined based on enrollment needs. ENROLL BY OCTOBER 28

Graduate Student Support Group

The goals of the group include: establishing a supportive community, learning coping strategies for success, and sharing your struggles and supporting others in their individual challenges.

Wednesday 12 – 1:00 p.m. University Counseling Service 3223 Westlawn

Electronic Submission of Theses and Dissertations
Beginning with the Fall 2009 semester, all masters theses and doctoral dissertations must be submitted electronically to the Graduate College.

Manual of Rules and Regulations of the Graduate College at http://www.grad.uiowa.edu/graduate-college-manual, then via the Table of Contents, go to Section X.H. and Section XII.M.

The Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad fellowship program provides opportunities to doctoral candidates to engage in full-time dissertation research abroad in modern foreign languages and area studies. To be eligible, research must focus on Africa, East Asia, Southeast Asia and the Pacific Islands, South Asia, the Near East, East Central Europe and Eurasia, and the Western Hemisphere (excluding the United States and its territories).

A competitive priority will consider a research project that focuses on any of the 78 languages deemed critical on the U.S. Department of Education's list of Less Commonly Taught Languages. An invitational priority seeks research projects that focus on one of the following fields or research topics: Environmental Science, Ecology, Climate Studies, Development Studies, Economics, Public Health, Education, or Political Science.

A full description of the on-campus review and tips for the submission process are attached. Although the deadline for transmittal of applications is December 1, 2009, the on-campus process requires that a student's CV and application narrative be submitted to the Graduate College by November 9.

Interested students should make an appointment with Kristi Fitzpatrick in International Programs to discuss the application process and components of a successful application at kristi-fitzpatrick@uiowa.edu<mailto:kristi-fitzpatrick@uiowa.edu> or 335-2823.

Job Opportunities

Princeton University Program in American Studies: Anschutz Distinguished Fellow, 2010-2011 November 13, 2009

University of Colorado at Colorado Springs
Assistant Professor of Women’s and Ethnic Studies Program
www.jobsatcu.com Deadline: November 30, 2009

The George Washington University American Studies Department
tenure-track Assistant Professor in 18th, 19th, or 20th century African American culture. Deadline: December 1, 2009
Please send a cover letter, a curriculum vitae, three letters of recommendation, and a thirty-page writing sample to:

African American Studies Search Committee
American Studies Department
The George Washington University
2108 G Sweet NW
Washington, DC 20052

Funding Opportunities

International Travel Grants

International Programs invites graduate students at The University of Iowa to apply for grants of up to $500 for their travel to conferences outside of the United States in order to present the results of their research. The award is offered three times per year, with the upcoming deadline on October 7th. Applicants may request funding for conference travel that occurs within eight months before or after the application due date. Unsuccessful applicants may re-apply for funding within the eight-month time limit. Only one award per student per year will be made.
http://international.uiowa.edu/grants/students/funding/graduate/international-travel.asp
2009-2010 Deadline Dates: October 7, 2009, February 10, 2010, April 7, 2010
Questions should be directed to the Grants Office, International Programs, ip-grants@uiowa.edu, 335-2823 or 335-0659.

Putting the Pieces Together: Searching for External Funding

Free Friday Workshops: Sept. 25, Oct. 2, Oct. 23, or Oct. 30
2:30-4:30, W340 AJB (Adler Building)
To complete your online enrollment go to:
http://forms.grad.uiowa.edu/free-external-funding-workshop-enrollment

Leo Baeck Institute Fritz Halbers Fellowship
Deadline: 11/01/2009
Award: up to $3000
Eligibility: PhD Students Only

The LBI announces the availability of one or more fellowship per year for students enrolled in a Ph.D. program at an accredited institution of higher education. The fellowships provide financial assistance to scholars whose research projects are connected with the culture and history of German-speaking Jewry. The fellowship(s) consists of an award, not exceeding $ 3000, to be determined according to the requirements of the project.
URL: http://www.lbi.org/halbers.html

Leo Baeck Institute/DAAD Fellowships
Deadline: 11/01/2009
Award: up to $2,000
Eligibility: PhD Candidates
The LBI and the DAAD announce the availability of two fellowships per year for doctoral students affiliated with an accredited U.S. institution of higher education or recent Ph.D.'s. They provide financial assistance to students for dissertation research work and to academics for writing a scholarly essay or book. Extensive use of LBI New York resources is to aid research projects falling within the field of study served by the LBI, namely the social, communal and intellectual history of German-speaking Jewry. Applicants must be US citizens, and Ph.D. candidates or recent Ph.D's who have received their degrees within the preceding two years.
URL: http://www.lbi.org/daad.html

National Endowment for the Humanities Post-Doctoral Fellowship, Library Company of Philadelphia
Deadline: 11/01/2009
Award: $40,000 per academic year or $20,000 per semester
Eligibility: PhD Candidates

The National Endowment for the Humanities Post-Doctoral Fellowship supports research in residence at the Library Company on any subject relevant to its collections, which are capable of supporting research in a variety of fields and disciplines relating to the history of America and the Atlantic world from the 17th through the 19th centuries. Applicants must hold a Ph.D. by September 1 of the year they wish to take up the fellowship. Senior scholars are particularly urged to apply.
URL: http://www.librarycompany.org/fellowships/postdoc.htm

School for Advanced Research, Resident Scholar Fellowships
Deadline: 11/01/2009
Award: up to $40,000
The School for Advanced Research (SAR) awards approximately six Resident Scholar Fellowships each year to scholars who have completed their research and analysis and who need time to think and write about topics important to the understanding of humankind. Several of the fellowships are devoted to supporting Native American scholars. Resident scholars may approach their research from anthropology or from related fields such as history, sociology, art, and philosophy. Both humanistically and scientifically oriented scholars are encouraged to apply. SAR provides Resident Scholars with low-cost housing and office space on campus, a stipend up to $40,000, library assistance, and other benefits during a nine-month tenure, from September 1 through May 31.
URL: http://sarweb.org/index.php?resident_scholars

Stanford University Andrew W. Mellon Fellowship of Scholars in the Humanities
Deadline: 12/08/2009
Award: Approximately $55,000 per year for 2 years
Purpose: Postdoctoral Fellowships
Eligibility: Postdoctoral Scholars

The Humanities Fellows Program will provide postdoctoral fellowships in Stanford's fifteen humanities departments over the course of two years. Program admissions will focus on selected fields of scholarship in each application year, appointing up to six Fellows per year as follows (2009-10 Competition; for Fellowships beginning Fall 2010): Asian Languages, Comparative Literature, French and Italian, German Studies, Linguistics, Slavic Languages and Literatures, Spanish, and Portuguese. For the 2009-10 Competition, candidates must receive their PhD between January 1, 2007 and June 30, 2010.
URL: https://fellows.stanford.edu/

HECKMAN RESEARCH STIPENDS
Hill Museum & Manuscript Library
Collegeville, Minnesota 56321

PURPOSE: For research at the Library

ELIGIBILITY: Graduate students or scholars who are within three years of completing a terminal master’s or doctoral degree.

DURATION: Two weeks to six months.

AMOUNTS: Variable up to $2,000.

DEADLINES: Twice a year. April 15 for research conducted from July 1-December 31. November 15 for research conducted from January 1-June 30.

APPLICATION: Submit a letter of application, c.v., a one-page description of the research project including proposed length of stay, an explanation of how the Library’s resources will enable you to advance your project, and a confidential letter of recommendation from your advisor, thesis director, mentor, or, in the case of postdoctoral candidates, a colleague who is a good judge of your work.

SEND: All inquiries and materials to The Committee on Research, Hill Museum & Manuscript Library, Box 7300, Saint John’s University, Collegeville, MN 56321-7300 or directed to hmml@csbsju.edu<mailto:hmml@csbsju.edu>, or fax (320) 363-3222. http://www.hmml.org<http://www.hmml.org/

Training Opportunities

Fall Dissertation Writing Workshop

The University of Iowa Writing Center offers two dissertation writing workshop groups in the fall semester, meeting once a week with four dissertating students and a Writing Center mentor. The first group will meet at 7:00 on Monday evenings, the second at 9:30 on Tuesday mornings. Weekly meetings will focus on goal- setting, style, organization of chapters, time management, and other concerns of group members. The meetings will be in peer-feedback, brainstorming, and workshop format. The Writing Center mentor will facilitate the meetings and provide feedback on participants’ writing, and participants will respond to other group members’ writing. The groups are open to graduate students who are in the process of writing their dissertations.

For more information, interested dissertators should contact the Writing Center at writing-center@uiowa.edu. Please include with your e-mail the following information: discipline, stage in dissertation, reasons for wishing to join the workshop. Preference will be given to those with clearly defined PhD projects in the humanities and social sciences, which are areas of expertise for the mentors who will lead the groups. The workshops will not substitute for dissertation direction in the participants’ own academic departments.

Calls for Papers

Console-ing Passions: Conference on Television, Audio, Video, New Media, and Feminism
April 22-24, 2010 University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon

Deadline: Monday, November 2, 2009

Both individual papers and panel submissions should be submitted through the Console-ing Passions website via the online form available at www.consoleingpassions.uoregon.edu/registration

Association of Theatre in Higher Education 2010
August 3-August 6, 2010
Los Angeles, CA

1. The Latino/a Focus Group (LFG) of the Association of Theatre in Higher Education (ATHE) invites complete panel proposals and individual paper proposals for ATHE's 2010 conference. The theme this year is "Theatre Alive: Theatre, Media, and Survival." The LFG is particularly interested in panels that consider new artistic, teaching, and research methodologies.

Complete panel proposals should be submitted on-line using the ATHE website (http://www.athe.org) by Nov. 1, 2009, but we encourage all individuals who are considering submitting a panel to contact the Latina/o Focus Group Conference Planner, Patricia Herrera (pherrera@richmond.edu) well before the deadline so that the efforts of the focus group can be coordinated. Only complete panel proposals will be considered.

Individual paper proposals for consideration for placement on a panel sponsored by the Latina/o Focus Group require a 250-word abstract (along with contact information and AV needs) e-mailed to the Latino Focus Group Conference Planner, Patricia Herrera (pherrera@richmond.edu) by October 15, 2008. Placement on a panel sponsored by the focus group does not guarantee acceptance by the conference.

2. American Theatre and Drama Society (ATDS)
“Theatre Alive: Theatre, Media, and Survival”
FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE VISIT THE ATDS WEBSITE AT WWW.ATDS.ORG Submissions Deadlines: October 15th (individual papers only; send to Beth Osborne at bosborne@fsu.edu); November 1st (complete panels; go to ATHE at www.athe.org)

Journal of American Drama and Theatre

The Publications Committee of the American Theatre and Drama Society invites submissions for the Spring 2010 issue of The Journal of American Drama and Theatre which it is guest editing. You do not need to be a member of the Society to submit an article, but submissions from the membership are particularly encouraged. (For more information about the American Theatre and Drama Society, see www.atds.org.) For the Spring 2010 issue, we invite colleagues to explore comedy, spectacle, and theatrical diversions, both in the United States and Latin America.
Deadline: December 1, 2009
please email articles to Mark Cosdon, mcosdon@allegheny.edu.

Visiting Scholars

Call for Entries

Queers in American Popular Culture

Vol. I. Film, TV, Radio, and the Internet
Vol. II. Music, Theater, Dance, Popular Art, Fashion, and Popular Literature
Vol. III. Sports, Leisure, and Lifestyle

Needed: 15 essays per volume, each running around 7000-7600 words.

ASAP: Send a brief—200-to 300-word—informal description of your essay to jelledg1@kennesaw.edu in the body of an email. Add “New Description of Essay for QAPC” in the subject box. Or send a completed essay as a separate word document. No “docx” files, please. Deadline: November 15.